Acting - Florida Atlantic University

Acting from Florida Atlantic University is a Campus Master Acting degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The Acting concentration prepares the candidate for the pursuit of a career as a professional actor in theatre and related fields. The program is designed to help students discover and empower their own processes of creating characters through in-depth exploration, and understanding of the dramatic text. In studio, classes and productions, the program addresses body, voice, intellect, and imagination to help candidates surmount their personal obstacles to clear expression, so that they may successfully collaborate in the creation of living theatre. Students follow a rigorous curriculum that includes explorations in realism as well as classical theatre. The program provides extensive voice and movement training which incorporates the works of Linklatter, Skinner, Bogart, Laban, and the Alexander technique among others. Students combine classroom experience with production work in a unique training environment. The internship program is designed to enable students to make contacts with respected professional theatre companies and when possible to complete requirements for membership in actor or designer unions. Past FAU graduate students have held internships at such prestigious organizations as the WPA Theatre in New York, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Maine Repertory, Cincinnati Shakespeare, The American Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe Theatre, Arena Stage, The Guthrie Theatre, Arkansas Repertory, and numerous other regional theatres across the nation. FAU is also in close proximity to two of Florida's finest theatre companies, The Florida Stage and The Caldwell Theatre, both of which have supported FAU interns. View more details on Florida Atlantic University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Acting courses.